The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1887-04-01
HONOLULU RIFLES,

Rifles into companies, last evening,
the election of officers, and the
formation Of the battalion were sue
cessfully carried out. The meeting,
which was largely attended, was
called to order by Captain Ashford
at 1880 o'clock.
After the election of several new
members, nominations for captain
were called for. First Lieutenant
ii. f. Hebbard was nominated and
unanimously elected captain. Then
came the election of First Lieuten-
ant to fill the vacancy made by the
promotion of Captain Hebbard.
Sergeant Pratt and Corporal Ash
ford were the candidates. The
former was elected, he having re-
ceived SO votes to his opponent S
%. Private Levey, Sergeant Strate-
meyer and Corporal Ashford were
the nominees for First Lieutenant of
the second company. Stratemeyer
received Al votes, and was elected !;
Ashford got 81 votes and Levey 3.
Privates Gum, Levey and Nc
earthly and Corporals Ashford, Rob-
ertson, Winter and Wilder became
candidates for Second Lieutenant.
On the first voting Gum got IA,
Levey 3, Ashford 80, Robertson 4,
Mccarthy ~, Winter and Wilder
Z. No one having sufficient votes
to elect him, the ballot was passed
again and Corporal Ashford was
elected, receiving 46 votes, Gum
got 10, Levey 2, Robertson 2, Nc
earthly 8, Winter /, and Wilder 4.
The company was then ordered to
fall in line according to size. They
were counted off in rotation, the odd
numbers forming one company and
the even numbers the other. The
captains and lieutenants then pulled
straws to decide which company
they would take. Captain V. V.
Ashford, First Lieutenant Geo.
Stratemeyer and Second Lieutenant
G. w. Ashford, took the even num-
bers, while Captain II. L. Hebbard,
First Lieutenant j. w. Pratt and
Second Lieutenant VIM. Unger took
the odd numbers. The nom COM
missioned officers were divided in
the same way.
The commissioned officers held
consultation and elected Captain V.
V. Ashford Major of the battalion.
The Captaincy Of the even num-
Der company having become vacant
by the promotion of Major Ashford,
Lieutenant VIM. Unger was unani-
mously elected captain. Second
Lieutenancy of the odd number
company having become vacant on
Captain Unger's advancement, Ser
geants Bishop and Simonson, Corp
erals Torbert and Robertson and
Private Gum became candidates
for the position. On the first cast
Gum got IA votes, Bishop 8, Rob-
ertson 6, Simonson 6, and Torbert
6. Bishop and Torbert dropped
out of the field and the ballot was
again passed. Gum got IS, Robert
son 8 and Simonson s. No one
having received sufficient votes to
elect him, another vote was taken.
This time Gum was elected by re-
ceiving 22 votes.
The following appointments were
then made by the Major: Adjutant,
Geo. Mcleod; Quartermaster, w.
w. Hall; Ordnance Officer, ii.
Gum; Surgeon, DR.. Martin.
The non-commissioncd staff are:
Regimental Sergeant-Major, S. J.
Levey.
Regimental Color-Sergeant,-
Drum-Major, w. King.
Drum-Sergeant, John Rothwell.
uartermaster-Sergeant,---
Ordnance-Sergeant,-
acknowledgement, II. Wood.
A second Lieutenancy having be-
come vacant on the promotion of
Ordnance Officer, III. Gum, Ser
geants Bishop and Simonson and
Corporal Robertson became candi-
dates for the vacancy. On the first
cast, Bishop got 10 votes; Robert
son IL and Simonson 10. The bal
lot was again passed and Simonson
was elected by getting % votes TO